2026-05-15T12:54:40-07:00 2025-06-30 990 2024-07-01 221841274 National Religious Broadcasters NATI 2025430073 PO Box 77704 Washington DC 20013 Troy A Miller President & CEO 2025430073 2026-05-15 1 2024 2025-03-06 01:10:19Z NRB Troy A Miller PO Box 77704 Washington DC 20013 6762028 0 X www.nrb.org X 1944 DC The work of NRB is to proclaim the good news of eternal life through faith in Jesus Christ, to transform the culture through the application of sound biblical teaching, and to preserve religious freedom by keeping the doors of electronic media open for the spread of the Gospel. 62 62 36 88 30040 0 380020 2391790 3995021 4085279 25783 45612 449713 239347 4850537 6762028 0 0 0 0 2071459 2537311 0 0 112266 2388928 4953651 4460387 7490962 390150 -728934 3273622 3707656 985675 2135967 2287947 1571689 NRB is a nonpartisan, international association of Christian communicators whose member organizations represent millions of listeners, viewers, and readers. We work to protect the free speech rights of our members by advocating those rights in governmental, corporate, and media sectors, and works to foster excellence, integrity, and accountability in our membership by providing networking, educational, ministry, and relational opportunities. 0 0 1688392 0 3175093 The NRB International Christian Media Convention is the largest nationally and internationally recognized gathering dedicated solely to Christian communications. year over year for the last 5 years, the Convention continues to reach record attendance, with NRB 2024 at nearly 4900 attendees, a growth of 68% since 2019. The dynamic and award-winning Exhibit Hall has expanded 61% over the last 5 years, featuring organizations that are creating unmatched opportunities for ministry growth and collaboration. Attendees engaged in impactful keynote sessions, practical workshops, and live media tapings designed to expand Gospel influence across every platform. This premier event continues to equip Christian leaders to communicate biblical truth with clarity, conviction, and global reach. 975590 0 939973 NRB membership equips Christian communicators to grow their ministries and strengthen their Gospel outreach. Members represent a wide range of industries, including radio, television, film, digital media, publishing, worship technologies, and emerging communication platforms. They gain access to exclusive leadership webinars, industry resources, and specialized networking events. Members also receive valuable promotional opportunities across NRB's media platforms and discounted rates for advertising and convention participation. Through leadership councils and advisory groups, NRB members help shape the future of Christian communications and advance biblical truth with excellence and integrity. 532300 0 0 NRB actively defends the rights of Christian communicators through strategic public policy engagement and timely communications. In 2024, NRB advanced four key policy priorities: advocating for a favorable business environment for broadcasters, addressing corporate and governmental threats to free speech, defending the rights of religious nonprofits, and protecting First Amendment freedoms through legal advocacy. Alongside this policy work, NRB kept members informed through regular publications, including NRB Today and Washington Next Week, offering critical updates on legislative developments, industry trends, and member happenings. Policy briefings and original content equipped members to navigate challenges and boldly advance biblical truth. 2899761 0 179520 The NRB Music License ("MLC") has been serving the needs of religious-focused radio broadcasters and digital licensees for over four decades. Because the music licensing landscape contains two entirely different royalty environments, the committee has developed expertise in meeting the needs of both commercial and non-commercial licensees. Content providers that offer Bible-based, long-form programs share unique licensing needs. These programs often contain too much music to qualify for an "all-talk" royalty rate, but do not contain enough music to make a "blanket" all you can eat rate cost effective. The MLC has met these needs by negotiating a new category of music license referred to as program period or per program. Religious licensees that meet the qualifications for this license type can significantly reduce their royalty obligations for over the air broadcasts of long-form programming. Commercial radio broadcasters and digital webcasters benefit from the MLC's efforts through a variety of specifically negotiated licenses with performing rights organizations such as ASCAP, BMI, SESAC, and GMR. In some cases, the MLC directly negotiates these agreements and in other circumstances we can offer competitive royalty rates through our affiliation with sister organizations such as the Radio Music License Committee (RMLC). Non-commercial radio broadcasters and digital webcasters also benefit from the work done by the MLC. Our main area of advocacy for this group is our participation in the digital webcasting proceedings before the U.S. Copyright Royalty Board (CRB) which sets the rates that all digital licensees of music must pay to SoundExchange. These proceedings set royalty rates in five-year increments. The MLC also negotiates statutory rates with ASCAP, BMI, SESAC, and GMR covering over the air broadcasting of programming that is focused on either talk or music. These rates apply to most non-commercial broadcasters (with the exception of NPR affiliates and certain college-affiliated, on campus broadcasters) Finally, the MLC is an active participant on Capitol Hill in Washington DC. We are a member of the M.I.C. (music, innovation, and consumers) trade coalition. M.I.C. is a group of music licensees from a wide variety of industries including television, music venues, digital media, fitness facilities, breweries, and other public facilities that use music. 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X 1 1 X 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 Troy A Miller President and C.E.O. 214220 183730 0 0 0 2400 0 10073 0 31508 214220 227711 0 0 Michael Farris General Counsel 171566 0 11442 0 9874 0 9072 0 7184 0 209138 0 0 0 Scott Hunter Executive Director, NRB Music Licensing Committee 172945 0 375 0 0 0 0 0 21681 0 195001 0 0 0 Linda Smith Executive Vice Preisdent 146152 0 750 0 4608 0 7538 0 1375 0 160423 0 0 0 Schedule J, Part I, Line 1a The compensation arrangement for the CEO includes a provision to allow a companion to accompany them on travel up to two times annually. Schedule J, Part I, Line 7 The Executive Committee of the Board of Directors approved a nonfixed payment made in the form of a discretionary bonus to the CEO. All other nonfixed payments to employees made in the form of a discretionary bonus are subject to the discretion and approval by the CEO. Form 990, Part VI, Section A, Line 6 From NRB Constitution and Bylaws: ARTICLE III - Membership SECTION 1. Membership shall consist of individuals and organizations who, as determined by the discretion and by election of the Board of Directors or its Executive Committee, (a) are associated with the field of Christian broadcasting; (b) accept and comply with the NRB Statement of Faith as set forth in Appendix A; (c) accept and comply with the Code of Ethics set forth in Appendix B; (d) agree to be bound by the NRB Constitution and Bylaws, and specifically including the agreement under the Bylaws to pursue Christian arbitration as the sole remedy against NRB in the event of a disagreement with a final decision on a matter of membership termination, and a waiver of any rights the applicant may have to resort to a court of law against NRB for redress regarding issues of membership or discipline; and (e) complete all application and other requirements as prescribed by the Board. Form 990, Part VI, Section A, Line 7a From NRB Constitution and Bylaws: ARTICLE VI - Membership Meetings SECTION 1. Annual. An annual meeting of the members shall be held at such time and place as shall be fixed by the Board of Directors. The Secretary shall oversee the sending of written notice of the time and place of the annual meeting to each member not less than six months in advance of the meeting. At such meeting the officers and Directors of NRB shall be elected, and there shall be transacted any other business that may be properly and legally presented. Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 11b After the drafted IRS Form 990 is reviewed by our auditing CPA firm, the members of the Audit & Finance Committee reviews and approves the draft. Finally, the Senior Vice President and General Counsel performs a final review before it is filed with the IRS. Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 12c NRB requires all officers and board members to annually complete and sign a conflict of interest questionnaire. The Chairman of the Board is responsible for reviewing the signed statements and ensuring that interested persons are in compliance with the conflict of interest policy. The NRB CEO is responsible for reviewing the signed statement of the Chairman to ensure that he/she is in compliance with the conflict of interest policy. Should any potential conflicts of interest be disclosed, the board member or officer would be asked to refrain from participation in any deliberation or decision with regard to matters affected by the relationship. Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 15 a The CEO's compensation package is reviewed and approved by a Compensation Committee, comprised of a small subset of the Executive Committee. The committee utilizes a structured performance evaluation system, balancing quantifiable metrics with subjective assessments of performance. The evaluation includes consideration of comparable market rates. Form 990, Part VI, Section C, Line 19 National Religious Broadcasters makes its governing documents, conflicts of interest policy, and financial statements available to the public upon request. If an e-mail address is provided, these documents are sent to the e-mail address with delivery confirmation requested. If a mailing address is provided, these documents are sent via certified US mail with a return receipt requested. NRB Network Inc 22 Century Blvd Ste 250 Nashville TN 37214 593793913 Provide educational programming with the unique focus on the worldview of the Christian faith. DE 501 (c) (3) Sec 170 b 1 A vi National Religious Broadcasters 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 NRB Network Inc o 1133835 Accrual basis of accounting NRB Network Inc q 293261 Accrual basis of accounting